I never said the mavs were a joke heh, they have a good chance to win the west. They have a ridiculous amount of talent. I just think especially when you consider the 2 games these 2 teams have played this year they dont match up that well against Phoenix. In the most recent game a reporter asked Jason Terry at half time how they easily could penetrate and finish against Phoenix, and he said its because without Stoudemire they dont have an inside presence, which is true.

Still with all of this Phoenix had a chance to win that one in the end, and obviously should have won that opening game. Its really not a knock on the mavs that they cant handle Stoudemire down low either, cause no team in the league can. He averaged almost 40 points a game against the spurs.

Once again they have a good chance especially if they come up with that 1 seed, but I dont see how you can completely overlook Phoenix considering the way they played against the mavs without their best player (or maybe 2nd best).